Eons: Life and Death on Pangea · SEASON 1
A Tale of Tusks and Saber Teeth
Episode 4 · 2026-08-12

- Documentary
Episode overview
In the Late Permian Period, increasingly mammal-like traits were gradually emerging in our ancient relatives. The first saber-teeth and tusks evolved, and our ancestors, the cynodonts, appeared. And this all happened before the time of the dinosaurs.
Season 1 episodes
1. How The Formation of Pangea Changed the World2026-07-29
2. How Eating Plants Shaped Life on Land2026-07-29
3. The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Reef2026-08-05
4. A Tale of Tusks and Saber Teeth2026-08-12
5. That Time Almost Everything Died2026-08-19
6. Who Survived the Great Dying (and Why)2026-08-26